Flights

Hi everyone ..
wanted to see how everyone else had managed it .. now the fiance application has been sent off and recieved by sheffield I am looking at flights ... and I am flummoxed at the prices, for a f light I can buy 8 weeks in advince for 700  return is coming up now ( for 2 weeks time just to see what last min flights prices are like) at 1200 for a rturn and 1700 for a one way ticket!

How can you charge more for taking half the flight? LOL

Do you have any advice or tips on getting the best and cheapest deal possible?

One way tickets are pretty much always more expensive than return - I guess maybe it's because less people take one-way and usually go round trip, so they charge more for them.

I'd definitely book a return ticket, unless you miraculously find a one-way for cheaper. You can either just not take the return flight or you can use it for a trip back to the US in a few months.


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Other tips:
- it's said that Tuesday is the best day to book flights, though I have a feeling that may apply more to domestic than international
- flying on I think a Friday or a Sunday is usually more expensive (due to business travel), so if you try for flexible dates you may find better offers on dates nearby
- apparently flying on a Saturday can sometimes be cheaper


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I go to kayak.co.uk and find a flight I want. From there, I'm redirected to a budget third party site (they pair with several). I'm a bit leery of buying from third party sites, so I take the flight information and go directly to the airline website. Sometimes there's a price difference from the third party site, sometimes there isn't.

This method has worked out well for me the last couple times. I visited my family over Christmas and got a flight for about $750/£585 (2 weeks before takeoff!). And last week I booked a May flight to the US for $620/£485. I flew American Airlines over the holidays. Flying Thomas Cook + Jet Blue this time.

Really play around with different airports and dates. It can save you hundreds.

Back in January, it was about £450 for a return to LA. Air New Zealand. Great flight.

Check out booking a return that starts in the UK and then just 'no show' for it?

Check out booking a return that starts in the UK and then just 'no show' for it?

Better to buy a return that starts in the US (US-UK-US) and be a no-show for the second leg.

I've never done it myself, but I've heard they can cancel your entire ticket if you don't show for the first leg.

Try different airports as well
Additionally, I don't know where you live or if you have any big cities nearby but sometimes that make a huge difference.

For instance, I'm in Phoenix and a one way ticket out of PHX to Heathrow is a whopping $1400. From PHX to Gatwick is considerably cheaper (around $1000 I think).

However, if I leave out of LA I can get a ticket for $320. Now of course, that's inconvenient because I'd have to drive 6-7 hours, but the savings is massive. Hope this helps! 

Check out booking a return that starts in the UK and then just 'no show' for it?

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend doing it this way - I was told not to by an airline themselves because if you don't show for the first leg they will assume you are not travelling at all and so they'll cancel your return ticket.



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Thank you for all the tips, I will most certainly be trying to get the best deal possible lol fingers crossed its soon

I got really lucky as I had to buy a roundtrip when I missed a flight home from a visit in the UK prior to my wedding (which was not so lucky). I set it up so that the return flight was when I expected our paperwork would be sorted even though they advise you not to do it. I figured that worse case scenario, I'd have to buy a new ticket when moving but best case scenario (which it happened to be), I would have my flight covered. I suggest going with whatever is cheapest. If it's a round trip that's cheapest, go with that!